Wednesday, January 14, 2009

US cancels arms shipment over Greek objections: official

WASHINGTON: The US military has to had to cancel a planned shipment of munitions from a Greek port to a US warehouse in Israel due to objections from Athens, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.

The Greek "government had some objection to offloading that shipment in their country," spokesman Geoff Morrell told a news conference.

He said the shipment to the US warehouse had been agreed before the current Israeli offensive in Gaza and that Washington was now looking for an alternative.

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